What’s Premiering This Week (Oct. 7-Oct. 13)

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Content distributors this week will get into the Halloween spirit early with the debut of several horror-themed shows.

Scary content targeted to kids are on tap to premiere during the week of Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, including the Oct. 11 debut of Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and Hulu’s Little Monsters (pictured). Also on Oct. 12, Syfy debuts a more sinister rendering of the 1970’s Saturday morning children show The Banana Splits.

Also dropping this week are several music-themed shows, including Netflix’s Oct. 9 competition series Rhythm + Flow and AMC’s Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (Oct. 13)

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting this week on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

Oct. 7 -- Primal (animation) -- Adult Swim

Oct. 10 -- Torn Apart: Separated at the Boarder (documentary) -- HBO

Oct. 11 -- The Birch (horror) -- Facebook Watch

Oct. 11-- Fractured (movie) -- Netflix

Oct. 11 -- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (movie) -- Netflix

Oct. 12 -- The College Admissions Scandal (movie) -- Lifetime

Oct. 13 -- Inside The Actors Studio -- (Ovation)

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.